NRCC Says NYC Dems Attempting To Influence NY-19

The National Republican Congressional Committee is calling attention to an issue it appears will continue to be a major talking point in NY-19 for the coming year. Carpetbagging.

The Republicans say Democrats without deep roots in the district are leading the way in an effort to unseat incumbent freshman Republican Rep. John Faso, a Kinderhook native.

First there are the efforts of the NY-19 Votes campaign. The coalition of activists and members of the Democratic and Working Families parties launched a second website, Smart Vote NY, urging people with second homes in swing districts to register to vote there.

As the Albany Times Union reported last month, many of those targeted were downstaters with vacation homes in regions like the Catskills.

The NRCC said it recently learned about another organization called Get Organized Brooklyn coordinating with NY-19 Votes. The organization apparently is sending letters to residents of the district, asking them to mail Faso and call on him to protect the Affordable Care Act, Medicaid, and Medicare.

In one example forwarded to Capital Tonight, a person claiming to be a volunteer from Brooklyn criticized Faso’s vote in favor of the failed GOP American Health Care Act.

“I don’t live in the district, so he isn’t going to listen to me,” the voluteer wrote. “He has to listen to you.”

NRCC spokesman Chris Martin said voters deserve to know more about these groups. He quickly connected them to the efforts of House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi and Gov. Andrew Cuomo, who have vowed to join forces to campaign against congressional Republicans in the midterms.

“Andrew Cuomo and his liberal allies in New York City are desperately trying to bring their far-left agendas to the 19th district,” Martin said. “Voters won’t be fooled by their shady political tactics.”

Martin also noted that, according to elections records, three of the six Democratic candidates currently hoping to unseat Faso were registered to vote outside of NY-19 as recently as last year.

They are: Pat Ryan, Brian Flynn and Antonio Delgado. All three campaigns confirmed their past registration, but argued it did not mean they were outsiders.

Ryan said he grew up in Kingston, and left to attend West Point and serve two terms in Iraq. He was registered to vote in New York City in 2016.

“When I was deployed in Iraq, every care package I opened from my mom’s first-grade class in Kingston reminded me that this community has always had my back,” Ryan said. “I’m proud of my deep roots here and am unapologetic about leaving to serve my country. Now I’m running to continue my service to this community and our country.”

Flynn’s campaign said he and his family have had a home in Hunter for more than a decade, and his family has lived in Greene County for more than three decades. Last year, he rented an apartment in NYC to take care of his mother with Alzheimer’s and registered to vote there during that time.

“When the care for his mother was settled late last fall, he was able to move permanently to Hunter and changed his voter registration to reflect that,” Flynn’s spokesperson Carolyn Riggs said.

Delgado meanwhile, was registered to vote in New Jersey last year. He said he and his wife, Lacey move, back to upstate New York to raise their children near their grandparents.

“I’m from Schenectady where both my parents worked for GE,” he said. “Lacey was born and raised in Ulster County and both of her parents have been small business owners there for over 40 years. We got married in the Catskills. This is where our families realized the American Dream and this is where we are fighting to make sure all families have the same opportunity.”

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Interesting site(s). I have only had a quick look but of the homes owned by entities outside of Ulster many appear to be owned by LLC’s and Realtors. Rental properties I suppose. I don’t think there are enough to be a significant factor especially when Faso won last time by 25,000+. If everyone of these owners showed up and all voted democratic….. maybe. That does not sound likely though, no matter how much organizing a group does.

Upstate New York

Never say never. “Trump will never win” was said last year. “Crowley’s too powerful, Holden will never win”, or “Andrew Cuomo has too many rich donors, GOP will never win” was said and is being said right now.

Gingerbread2

Too many Republicans regretted voting for him. It was quite obvious just about 2 months after election.

Gingerbread2

It is legal to register in another district if you own a home here. It is their choice not yours.

Gingerbread2

Zephyr Teachout grew up in a rural farming community in VT. As a resident here she had the right to get the “x” amount of signatures required to submit her petition for an elected office. This was accomplished by her and her campaign manager to get these signatures, so that means people who signed on to her petitions, believed in her ideas. Sean Eldridge has since taken on the Reclaim NY run by Steve Bannon & the Mercers. He is actively working to help New York against big corporate interests.

Gingerbread2

A carpetbagger is one who comes from the Southern States during the time of the civil war. A term no longer is used and certainly not in NYS.

Gingerbread2

So how come a Dem won NJ Governor as well as other states had Dems wins up/down the line? It hasn’t anything to do with upstate/downstate but voting on what the candidate stands for. Faso was two faced prior to election – stating expressly that he would not vote against the ACA. About a week after elections, he had an open meet up with local constituents and one lady in particular came forward (video is available) to make sure that he would not vote against the ACA. She was totally upset because she is a cancer patient and the ACA helped her tremendously… she was very emotional about getting an answer from him that he won’t vote against it. He even came over to her, gave her a hug and said: Don’t worry I won’t do that.” AND what just about 3 weeks later he put his veto in against the ACA… that is a hypocrite.

Gingerbread2

There are second homeowners of all parties – so what’s your point? Just because they register where they want, doesn’t make them Republicans.

Gingerbread2

No, no, no. the NYS #19 district is huge, taking in many counties as far north and west of Kingston where the majority of towns are Republicans. I know plenty of Republicans are not Faso fans for his voting record.

Gingerbread2

We bought our latest vehicle in Orange County Middletown – we live in Delaware County. HOW did we do that? Simple: we went on line looking for the car we wanted and drove there. Now that means I’m an Orange County resident because the dealer’s signage is on our plate frame?

Gingerbread2

Yes at this moment in time he is voting “no” because they already had enough votes w/o his ok on it – so he will be held back from “no” if something back fires. Faso is trying to appease local people who are upset with these tax hikes for low and middle income residents.

Upstate New York

Are you crazy? Sean Eldridge’s brother is owner of The New Republic and had a high level position in Facebook. They quite literally bought a house just before the residency period took effect. Teachout qualified as a resident because of her VACATION CABIN in Duchess County.

Seriously dude, get some treatment and move on. You lost twice.

Upstate New York

NJ is a blue state. The fact that Christie won the first time was an anolmy, the fact that he won the second time was because of the advantage of the incumbent.

And yes, it is about Upstate/Downstate. It has always been about that and any person who denies that is not paying attention to the fact that NYC has been stuffing corrupt laws and corrupt politicians down Upstate’s throat since as long as any can remember.

Upstate New York

So, he is doing he job (representing his constituents), right?

Upstate New York

Read my comment, “almost always shows where someone is from”. ALMOST.

Upstate New York

Really? I have lived in Delaware County for over 30 years and I have never met a Republican who dislikes Faso. Stop drinking that orange juice man. And also, do yourself a favor, post all your comments into a single, easy to read post instead of trying to bury me (and other readers) with various quotes.